#1Writing & Arts
Jocelyne Saucier
born 1948Canadian novelist and journalist
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Haut-Madawaska, New Brunswick
Haut-Madawaska is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Most widely known is Jocelyne Saucier, the Canadian novelist and journalist, with articles in 8 languages. Joseph-Aurèle Plourde and Gaston Desjardins follow. The earliest on the list is Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, born in 1915, and the youngest Jocelyne Saucier, born in 1948. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 7.3, close to the 8.7 of the typical New Brunswick town.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jocelyne Saucier
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1915
Joseph-Aurèle Plourde
Youngest
1948
Jocelyne Saucier
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known
Born in Haut-Madawaska
Jocelyne Saucier, Joseph-Aurèle Plourde and Gaston Desjardins are written about in 8, 7 and 1 languages.
#1JP#2
Faith
Joseph-Aurèle Plourde
1915–2013Canadian Catholic prelate
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
GD#3
Politics & Law
Gaston Desjardins
born 1932Canadian politician
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for
What Haut-Madawaska is known for
Share of Haut-Madawaska’s famous people in each field.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Questions about famous people from Haut-Madawaska
Who is the most famous person from Haut-Madawaska?
The top name is Jocelyne Saucier (Canadian novelist and journalist), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Joseph-Aurèle Plourde and Gaston Desjardins.
How many famous people were born in Haut-Madawaska?
Wikidata places 7 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Haut-Madawaska known for?
33% here, set against 12% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Haut-Madawaska?
The earliest is Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, born in 1915, and the latest birth listed is 1948.
Who counts as from Haut-Madawaska?
Born inside Haut-Madawaska’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) on Wikidata’s record, with an English or French Wikipedia article to back it up: that is the test, hospitals and districts within the outline included. Someone who just lived here does not pass it, and adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are excluded.
Why is someone missing?
The likeliest reasons: a birthplace recorded only as a province or as Canada, a hamlet or rural area with no page of its own, or an article that gives another place or none. Fixing Wikidata or Wikipedia brings them onto the list at the next refresh, as long as the two then agree.
Birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations and the count of Wikipedia and sister-site articles come from Wikidata (CC0). Each birthplace is checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article, or the French one where English says nothing or has no article; the articles are linked, never quoted. Wikidata’s Statistics Canada code, the place’s name or its point inside the 2021 census outline puts a birth in a town, and a birth given only as a split city stays on that city’s page. Fields are read from the description and occupations, and the list runs by number of articles. “The usual town” is everyone listed across Canadian towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- Jocelyne Saucier: Séance de photos pour dossier de presse de Jocelyne Saucier par Ariane Ouellet en 2019., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).